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Willa Was Here is the debut album of pop singer Willa Ford on Lava/Atlantic Records. The album peaked at #56 on The Billboard 200 chart, August 04, 2001. The album contained the hit single 'I Wanna Be Bad', which sold over 250,000 copies[1], and her second single 'Did Ya Understand That'. The album also contained a hyper link to the video for ‘I Wanna Be Bad’. Willa wrote nine of the eleven tracks.

Track listing

  1. "I Wanna Be Bad" (featuring Royce 5'9) (Willa Ford, Brian Kierulf, Joshua M Schwartz, Royce da 5'9") – 3:06
  2. "Did Ya' Understand That" (Willa Ford, Michael D. Goodman, Kenny Gioia, Darius Rustam) – 3:17
  3. "Ooh Ooh" (Willa Ford, Eve Nelson) – 3:32
  4. "Tired" (Willa Ford, Andrew Scott Marvel) – 3:33
  5. "Joke's on You" (Willa Ford, Robert D. Fusari, Falonte Moore, Sabelle Breer) – 3:16
  6. "Tender" (Tim Kelley, Bob Robinson) – 4:18
  7. "Don't You Wish" (Willa Ford, Eve Nelson) – 3:51
  8. "Prince Charming" (Willa Ford, Andrew Scott Marvel) – 4:01
  9. "Somebody Take the Pain Away" (Brian Kierulf, Josh Schwartz, Sheron Lee, Annie Lennox, David Alan Stewart) – 2:53
  10. "Haunted Heart" (Willa Ford, Robbie Nevil, Howie Hirsh) – 3:39
  11. "Dare" (Willa Ford, Scott Ialacci, Anthony Caputo) – 3:46
  • "All The Right Moves" is a bonus song which is available on the Australian release.

Personnel

  • Willa Ford - vocals, background vocals
  • Josh Schwartz - multiple instruments
  • Brian Kierulf - multiple instruments
  • Eve Nelson - keyboards
  • Masa Shimizu - guitar
  • Robin Daniels - percussion
  • Andrew Scott Marvel - keyboards
  • Gerry Leonard - guitar
  • Jen Carr - background vocals
  • Sabelle Breer - background vocals
  • Tim Kelly - keyboards, drums, bass
  • Bob Robinson - guitar, piano
  • Michael Nigro - keyboards
  • Royce Da 5'9 - vocals

Production

  • Producers: Josh Schwartz, Brian Kierulf, Michael D. Goodman, Eve Nelson, Andrew Scott Marvel, Robert D. Fusari, Tim Kelly, Bob Robinson, Howie Hirsh, Robbie Nevil, Scott Ialacci, Anthony Acid
  • Executive producer: Willa Ford, Jason Flom, Andy Shane
  • Management: DAS Communications, Ltd.
  • Engineers: Eve Nelson, Tim Kelly, Bob Robinson, Stephen George
  • Assistant engineers: Benjamin Jelen
  • Vocal engineers: Stephen George
  • Mix engineers: Manny Marriquin
  • Mixing: Rob Chiarelli, Michael D. Goodman, Kenny Gioia, Eve Nelson, Andrew Scott Marvel, Jim "Bonzai" Caruso, Robert D. Fusari, Bill Lee
  • Mixing assistants: Jay Nichlas
  • Mastering: Tom Coyne
  • A&R direction: Jason Flom, Andy Shane
  • A&R administration: Gregg Nadel
  • Programming: Josh Schwartz, Brian Kierulf, Eve Nelson, Andrew Scott Marvel, Robert D. Fusari, Falonte Moore, Tim Kelly
  • Drum programming: Michael D. Goodman, Kenny Gioia, Eve Nelson
  • Keyboard Programming: Darius Rustam
  • Pro Tools whiz: Alan Friedman
  • Vocal Production Effect: Cynthia Daniels
  • Arrangers: Andrew Scott Marvel
  • Vocal arrangement: Willa Ford, Jen Carr, Sabelle Breer
  • String arrangements: Josh Schwartz

Charts

Year Album Chart Position
2001 Willa Was Here The Billboard 200 #56

The Billboard 200 Chart Run

Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Chart Position 56 76 101 101 101 101 101 105 106 109 124 130 153 168 170 185 188 189 196 193
Week 21 22 23 24 29 30 31 32 33 34 43 44
Chart Position 197 199 199 out 185 188 196 197 out 199 196 out

NOTE: The album was not on the chart for 44 consecutive weeks. It fell out of the charts twice, before eventually falling out permanantly.

See also

Chart References